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GATE.

(Application v111m one. '7, 1961;)

No. 69|,4u9.

(Nro Model.)

UNITED STATES ANDREV J. RUSSELL AND WILLIAM H. RUSSELL, OF AUBURN, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691,409, dated January 21, 190.2.

Application tiled October 7, 1901. Serial No. 77,874. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW J. RUSSELL and WILLIAM I-I. RUSSELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Dekalb and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of sliding gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficienty one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily operated at a distance from either side of it to enable it to be readily opened and closed .by a person in a vehicle or on horseback without leaving the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed inner or rear end with an upwardly-extending arm 2, preferably consisting of an extension of one of the end bars of the gate and connected. with a sliding weight consisting of a carriage 3, mounted upon a tilting track 4, which is connected with a pair of operatinglevers 5. The operating-levers are fulcrumed between their ends on a suitable support, hereinafter described, and are adapted to be oscillated to tilt the pivoted track 4 and raise the carriage 3, whereby the latter is caused to move downward on the track by gravity and carry with it the gate with which it is connected, whereby the gate is actuated to open and close it. The tilting track consists of a bar provided with a suitable surface for the reception of the wheels G of the carriage 8, and it is supported by a depending arm 7 The lower end of the depending arm 7 of A the bracket 8 is inwardly offset and is perforated for the reception of the pivot 11 of the track or bar 4, which is also, inwardly offset from the body portion of the arm 7 to enable the wheels of the carriage to clear the bracket. The carriage may be weighted in any suitable manner, the body portion preferably consisting of a box filled with gravel, stone, or other heavy substance; but the weight necessary for actuating the sliding gate may be obtained by any other suitable means,as will be readily apparent. The carriage is provided at its front end with a suitable eye 12 for the reception of the arm 2, which has a vertical rod or guide 13, mounted thereon and permittingthe necessary vertical movement ofthe carriage incident to the passage of the same along the inclined tilting track or bar 4. The eye and the guide 13 form a connection between the carriage and the gate that will permit the carriage to move freely upward and downward independently of the gate when the track is tilted and when the carriage moves longitudinally thereof; but any other means for effecting this sliding or movable connection between the carriage and the gate may be employed. The front end of the track is connected with the inner ends of the operating-levers by eyes 14, linked into each other, as clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, and when the outer end of the operating-lever at either side of the gate is drawn downward the front end of the track will be elevated from the position shown in Fig. l. This will raise the carriage and cause the same to move down the inclined track for opening the gate. The outer ends of the operating-levers are provided with depending handle-rods 15, having suitable rings or grips at their lower ends and adapted to enable the operating-levers to be moved upward or downward to arrange IOO the pivoted track in either of its inclined positions and also to bring the track to a horizontal position should it be desired to stop a gate at any intermediate point. The operating-levers are pivoted by bolts 16 or other suitable fastening devices to horizontal arms of a support which is composed of uprights or bars 17 and 18 and a horizontal top bar 19, which is secured to the uprights or bars 17 and 18 and which extends from them to form the said arms. The gate slides between the uprights or bars 17 and 18 at one side of the fence 10 and is provided with centrally-arranged rollers or wheels 20, located at opposite sides of the gate and arranged to run on right-angled tracks 2l, pivoted at their angles to the support at the inner faces of the uprights 17 and 18 by bolts 22. The arms or bars of the pivoted tracks are provided with suitable metal faces to receive the rollers or wheels 20 and are supported by bracing-rods 23, which connect their outer ends. The rollers or wheels may be of any desired construction, either grooved or otherwise, and the metal faces of the arms of the gate-receiving track preferably consist of metal bars or strips conforming to the contiguration of the treads or peripheries of the rollers or wheels of the gate. The gate is centrally hung and exerts no strain tending t-o cause either end of it to sag. When the gate is op'ened from the position shown in Fig. 1, the rollers or wheels 20 move rearward on the horizontal arms of the gate-receiving tracks 2l until they come in contact with the Vertical arms thereof. The track is then oscillated, and the arm thereof which was vertical is swung downward to a horizontal position and extends rearward from the support to enable the gate to continue its rearward movement until the said gate is completely opened.

The movement of the gate-receivin g tracks may be limited by any suitable means to maintain the lower arms in a horizontal position; but the bars 17 and 1S are preferably provided at their inner faces with guides 24, consisting of staples or other suitable devices of sufficient length to permit the necessary play ot' the bracing or connecting rods 23, which are arranged in them. The guides 24: limit the swing of the gate-receiving tracks and support the arms in a horizontal position. The gate may also be provided at its bottom, at either or both sides, with a rod 25, forming a rail and designed to run in a suitableguide 26, which may be provided with a roller or any other suitable means for reducing the friction to a minimum.

It will be seen that the gate is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it may be easily operated at a distance from either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback. It will also be apparent that the gate is centrally hung and is not liable to sag and 'that it is adapted to run close to a fence, so as to occupy but little space.

1. The combination ot'a sliding gate, a pivoted gate-receiving track provided with arms arranged at an angle to each other and alternately engaged by the gate to bring them to a horizontal position, and means for sliding the gate, substantially as described.

2. The combination ofa suitable support, a sliding gate provided at opposite sides with rollers or wheels, the pivoted gate-receiving tracks having arms arranged at an angle to each other and alternately engaged by the rollers or wheels, said gate-receiving tracks being provided with braces connecting the arms, guides receiving the braces and limiting the movement of the gate receiving tracks, and means for actuating the gate, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a sliding gate, areversible tilting track, a Weight mounted on the track, a sliding gate loosely connected with the weight and actuated by the same, whereby the-said gate is opened and closed, said weight being permitted vertical movement independently of the gate, and means for operating the track, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a sliding gate, a tilting track, operating mechanism connected with the tilting track for changing the inclination of the same, and acarriage mounted on the track and connected with the gate and capable of vertical movement independently of the gate, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of a sliding gate, an oscillatory gate-receiving track having arms arranged at an angle and actuated by the gate, a tilting track, a gate-operating carriage running'upon the tilting track and operating mechanism for changing the inclination of the tilting track, substantially as described.`

6. The combination of a support, a sliding gate,oscillating angular gate-receiving tracks mounted on the support and actuated by the gate, an upright provided with a bracket having a depending arm, a tilting track pivoted to the arm and supported by the bracket, a carriage movably connected with the gate and arranged to run on the tilting track,- and operating-levers fulcrumed on the support and connected with the tilting track, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our si gnatn res in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW J. RUSSELL. WILLIAM H. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

E. L. WATSON, H. B. PETERSON.

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